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Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) doesn’t auto-discover printers on Math’s network to the same effect as 10.4.If you have administrative rights on your machine, follow this url:http://localhost:631/admin?op=config-serverand find these lines:

# Show shared printers on the local network.

Browsing On

BrowseOrder allow,deny

BrowseAllow all

You need to add a new configuration setting, so that this section of the config file looks like this:

# Show shared printers on the local network.

Browsing On

BrowseOrder allow,deny

BrowseAllow all

BrowseProtocols cups

• Click the “Save Changes” button, enter the username and password of a user with administrative rights and the cups server should restart.
• Reboot the computer, open up System Preferences, and then the “Print & Fax” pane.
• You should now be able to add the Math printers to your list of printers.
• Again, you need administrative rights to do this.

Brad Lucier has installed new math department letterhead macros for amstex and plain tex for the new tex.
You need to have /pkgs/texlive/2005/bin/sparc-solaris/ early in your unix path to use these new macros.

There are sample files showing how to use them at:

/pkgs/texlive/2005/texmf-local/tex/plain/local/

The short version is that after the

\input amstex
\documentstyle{whatever}

lines (if any) say

\input mathletter2006
You can use the macros \address, \salutation, and \closing for the obvious things. By default, it uses a black-and-white version of the Purdue logo; if you have a color printer and want to use the black-and-gold version, say \goldlogo after you input mathletter.
Tell Brad Lucier if you have problems (but please see plaintest.tex and amstextest.tex first).

You can print one sided using dvips by using the following command:

dvips -f [dvi file] | lpr -o sides=one-sided -P [printer name]


For the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) users manual, click
here.

Click here for detailed instructions to setup a printer in Windows XP.

If you need assistance, email helpdesk@math.purdue.edu.

Click here for detailed instructions to setup a printer in Mac OS X.

If you need assistance, email helpdesk@math.purdue.edu.

You can print one sided by adding “-o sides=one-sided” to the lpr command. For example:
lpr -o sides=one-sided -P [printer name] [file to print]
For the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) users manual, click here